We are delighted to update members that the Association has appointed Billy Smith as our new Chief Executive. Since the announcement of this leadership transition in February, the recruitment panel, chaired by ALT’s Chair Helen O’Sullivan, has worked through a rigorous and competitive selection process that involved the staff team, Trustees and ALT’s HR and EDI advisors. Helen commented: “Billy immediately stood out from the strong pool of applicants through his strong commitment to the values and…
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June is my birthday month and inspired by my upcoming celebrations, I thought I’d share some ideas about celebrating occasions like birthdays or milestones at the home office. You may prefer to ignore these all together or not celebrate with work colleagues, and I share some of the reluctance. However, during the pandemic especially, celebrating birthdays became a welcome focus for our virtual team, an excuse to spend an hour or two doing something other…
In this month’s update, I want to share how things are going now that we are entering a very busy period, both in ALT’s year and my coaching business. Reflecting on the past month at ALT… This month at work has been incredibly busy, but also included a wonderfully relaxing week of annual leave! May is the month in which we review progress made in Q1, finalise our annual accounts, start working on our Annual…
Congratulations on making it to the last part of the How to Lead Virtual Teams course! In this final part of the course, we are going to complete a closing reflection. Our focus now shifts back to your intentions for the course and how you might develop your professional practice. Listen and reflect This week, the podcast (25 min) includes a guided reflective exercise to help you reflect on what you have learnt and how…
This post provides all the information you need for Part 5: Leading team activities (originally released 19 May ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Listen to the course podcast This course is podcast based and you can take part by simply listening each week as a new topic is released. This week’s episode: S02E16 – How to Lead…
It’s the last day of my holidays today, and it’s been fantastic to have some time off work. It’s been quite a long time since I last went on a holiday trip abroad, and we had a week in Greece, which is not only my favourite foodie destination but also a country where I spent holidays when I was a kid and I thus have a lot of fond memories of this beautiful country. The…
This post provides all the information you need for Part 4: Leading team activities (originally released 12 May ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Mid-point check-in – 5 min Before we jump into the new topic, let’s check-in with how things are going halfway through the course. You can do this simply with a pen and paper, or…
This post provides all the information you need for Part 3: Setting shared expectations (originally released 5 May ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Listen to the course podcast This course is podcast based and you can take part by simply listening each week as a new topic is released. This week’s episode: S02E14 – How to Lead…
In February I shared the news that I will step down as ALT’s CEO this September to focus on my work as a coach. This is a monthly update on how things are progressing from my perspective, sharing some of the experiences along the way. Reflecting on the past month at ALT April had a very busy start indeed, as it was time for this year’s OER Conference. No matter how busy it was, OER23 was a…
This post provides all the information you need for Part 2: How we work and onboard new colleagues (originally released 28 April ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Listen to the course podcast This course is podcast based and you can take part by simply listening each week as a new topic is released. This week’s episode: S02E13…